California Standards
By Brittany Wray
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6.7.1 Identify the location and describe the rise of the Roman
Republic, including the importance of such mythical and historical
figures as Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Cincinnatus, Julius Caesar,
and Cicero.
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6.7.2 Describe the government of the Roman Republic and its
significance (e.g., written constitution and tripartite government,
checks and balances, civic duty).
Get Ready to Learn!
Vocabulary
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Patrician
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Reject a decision
Praetor
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Top government officials
Veto
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Artisans, shopkeepers, and
owners of small farms
Consul
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Officials who act as judges
Dictator
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Cincinnatus
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Hannibal
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Scipio
Wealthy landowners
Plebeian
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Important People
Had complete control, served the
people and ruled during
emergencies
What’s the
Connection?
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Suffered under cruel Etruscan Kings
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Create their own government
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The Roman Republic
Government
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Patricians (puh*TRIH*shuhnz)
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Wealthy landowners
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Ruling class
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Plebeians (plih*BEE*uhnz)
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Artisans, shopkeepers,
owners of small farms
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Most people
Government
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Plebeians
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494 B.C.
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Little power
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Strike
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Took ACTION!
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Left city
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471 B.C.
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455 B.C.
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Allowed to marry
300’s B.C.
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Council of Plebs
Allowed to become consuls
287 B.C.
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Pass laws for all Romans
Government
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Government Officials
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Consuls (KAHN*suhlz)
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Two (both patricians)
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Served one year
Veto (VEE*toh)
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Kept each other in line
Praetors (PREE*tuhrz)
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Judges
Legislative
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Senate
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Power Grew
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Served for life
Assembly of Centuries
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Elected consuls & praetors
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Passed laws
Government
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Cincinnatus (Sihn*suh*NA*tuhs)
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Best-known early Roman dictator (DIHK*tay*tuhr)
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Temporary basis
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Appointed by senate
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Great danger
460 B.C.
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Chosen dictator
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Two weeks
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Defeated the enemy
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Widely admired
Roman Law
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Twelve tables
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451 B.C.
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First code of laws
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Laws be put in writing
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Carved on bronze tablets
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Basis for future Roman laws
Law of Nations
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Principles of justice
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Not only Roman citizens
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Similar to ideas today
Rome Expands
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The First Punic War
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264 B.C.
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Island of Sicily
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Roman invasion
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Roman’s created own navy
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20 YEARS!
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241 B.C.
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Roman victory
Rome Expands
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The Second Punic War
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218 B.C.
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Hannibal (HA*nuh*buhl)
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Carthage’s greatest general
Landed in Spain
Marched east to Italy
Severe losses
216 B.C.
Battle of Cannae
Carthage victory
202 B.C.
Scipio (SIH*pee*OH)
Led Roman force into Carthage
Battle of Zama
Roman victory
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Rome Expands
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The Third Punic War
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146 B.C.
Burned Carthage
Enslaved
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men, women, and children
Roman victory
More Conquests
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Rome was VERY Successful
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148 B.C.
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Macedonia
146 B.C.
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Greece
129 B.C.
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Asia
Mediterranean: mare nostrum “our sea”
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Online review, main ideas, building vocabulary, notes, web
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